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greenmonster66 04-07-2010 11:34 AM

Happy birthday bobby doerr
 
He is the oldest living member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, Bobby Doerr, celebrated his 92nd birthday with well wishes from his friends and fans in Junction City Saturday at Guaranty Chevrolet.

Dierr was inducted into the HOF by the Veterans Committee in 1986.

Doerr (Boston) and Lou Whitaker (Detroit) are the only two men in MLB history to play only one position for one team their entire career for more than ten seasons.

The nine-time All-Star, Doerr, played second base for the Boston Red Sox from 1937 to 1951.http://www.kval.com/sports/89856057.html

Ladder7 04-07-2010 11:51 AM

More importantly, Sgt US Army

Happy Bday #1
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bobafett72 04-07-2010 11:59 AM

The nicest HOF'er I ever met.
 
... was Bobby Doerr. Bob Feller a close 2nd.

Got a ball with Teddy ballgame, Yaz and Doerr (all at the same show) they were all in sep. rooms, Doerr was alone on the lower level. When we went to get his sig. there was no line, no handler, just him sitting at table twiddling his thumbs. got to sit and chat with him for over 20 minutes! We even went and got him a soda and a piece of Pizza. I felt bad that he was being neglected, esp. considering how grumpy Yaz was that day.

Cheers to Bobby!

Leo.

Jay Wolt 04-07-2010 12:16 PM

Happy Birthday Bobby!
 
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Chris-Counts 04-07-2010 02:45 PM

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Happy birthday, Bobby!

jbsports33 04-07-2010 05:45 PM

Happy birthday bobby doerr
 
class act on the way, a very nice man!

Jimmy

dennis 04-07-2010 06:35 PM

why did he retire so young (and coming off a pretty good year)was there an injury??

Bosox Blair 04-07-2010 08:37 PM

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Heckuva player and a great guy:

CW 04-07-2010 10:01 PM

I've always thought his '41 Play Ball card was a work of art.

Thanks for showing your copy, Blair.

ethicsprof 04-07-2010 10:44 PM

b d
 
happy birthday to one of the best---in so many ways!!!

best,
barry

Bosox Blair 04-08-2010 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by CW (Post 797803)
I've always thought his '41 Play Ball card was a work of art.

Thanks for showing your copy, Blair.

You are most welcome...any excuse to show off my Red Sox! :)

Cheers,
Blair

leftygrove10 04-08-2010 03:54 AM

1941 Double Play.....
 
1941 Double Play of Lefty and Bobby....

http://www.bandkgreen.net/lefty_grov...doubleplay.jpg

uffda51 04-08-2010 11:52 AM

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/14...CLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

I'm reading this book right now. Doerr, Pesky, Williams and Dom Dimaggio. Great stuff.

sox1903wschamp 04-08-2010 07:07 PM

Happy Belated Birthday
 
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Okay, so a day late but Happy Birthday Anyway Bobby!

jbhofmann 04-09-2010 09:17 AM

THE Best TTM signer on earth.

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SteveMitchell 04-09-2010 02:49 PM

Only the best to Bobby and Bob...
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by bobafett72 (Post 797599)
The nicest Hall of Famer I ever met ... was Bobby Doerr. Bob Feller a close 2nd...

Cheers to Bobby!

Leo.

I must agree with Leo. Bobby Doerr and Bob Feller were: Hall of Fame ballplayers, great citizen soldier/sailor and the best ambassadors for the National Pastime ever.

Best wishes for many happy years and (hopefully) several more!

Steve

tjb1952tjb 04-10-2010 02:33 AM

A fine gentleman...........
 
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I know I'm a bit late with this post. Bobby Doerr is one of the finest gentlemen of the game. When asked, most of his contemporaries would name Bobby Doerr as one of the nicest ballplayers. He befriended a somewhat boisterous and unconventional rookie in 1939 named Williams when most of the team didn't know quite what to make of "the kid"........they became life-long friends. It's too bad he had to retire at such a young age (34) in 1951 due to back problems. He most certainly would have added significantly to his statistical numbers had he played 3-4 more years, and he was always great with the leather.


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